Cigar-cutter.



E. 0. BULMAN.

CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. a, 1913.

1,124,288. i Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Wmmssas lnwanmv QBWO vmv ELVAH 0. BULMAN, F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

Application filed November 8, 1913. Serial N 0. 799,955.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELvAH O. BULMAN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCigar-Cutters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in cigar cutters, and moreparticularly to a small implement which can be conveniently carried inthe pocket of the user.

The object of the invention is to provide a cigar cutter comprising apair of pivoted members provided with relatively sharp cutting edgeswhich are so positioned as to prevent injury to the user.

With the above and other objects in view,

the present invention resides in the novel features of construction,formations, combinations, and arrangements of parts to be hereinaftermore fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a tool embodying myinvention shown in closed position; Fig. 2 is the same, opened and readyto serve as a cigar cutter; and Fig 3 is an elevation of the device inthe operation of removing a bottle cap.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

1 represents the main body of the tool, preferably formed of sheet metaland terminating at one end in a screw driver 2. The opposite end of thebody 1 is formed into a ring 3, through which the finger of the user maybe inserted. One edge of the body intermediate its ends is provided witha hook 4 adapted to engage the projecting edge of a bottle cap 5 and topry the same from the mouth of the bottle, the screw driver end 2engaging the surface of the cap and serving as a fulcrum during thisoperation. The space between the hook and the body 1 terminates in asubstantially circular opening 6, the edge of which is preferablysharpened to form a shear edge, and a pivoted member 7 pivotallyattached to the body at 8 is provided with a corresponding semi-circularrecess adapted to register with the circular opening 6 when the member 7is turned to open position, and to form a complete circular openingsufficiently large to receive the end of a cigar. Closing the member 7will swing the semi-' circular cutting edges past each otherand severthe tip of the cigar. One end of the p1voted member 7 is also formed ina ring substantially a duplicate of the ring 3 on the main body 1, andone surface of this member is provided with a series of corrugations 9which sufiiciently roughen the surface so that it will serve thefunction of a match scratcher. The pivoted member 7' near the pivot 8thereof is provided with two shoulders 10 and 11 substantially 90 apart,and a stop in the form ,of a pin 12 or a projecting portion of the metalof the body 1 engages these shoulders at the extremity of the movementof the pivoted member in either direction, thus limiting the movement ofthe'same.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that an extremelysimple, cheap and compact combination tool is obtained which combinesthe four desirable articles described, which will operate successfullyto perform each of its functions, and which may be easily carried in thepocket where it is accessible and in readiness at all times.

WhatI claim is In a cigar cutter such as described, a pair of pivotedmembers having cutting edges provided therein, means for limiting themovement of said members so that the cutting edge of one member will bespaced inwardly at all times from the opposite edges of the othermember, and a hook surrounding the cutting edge of the other member,

whereby this last-mentioned cutting edge' Will be confined within thelimits of said other member thereby positioning said cutting edges toprevent injury to the person using the device for any purpose.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELV H O. BULMAN.

Witnesses: a I

HAROLD O. VAN ANTWERP, MAE RANKTN.

